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BOOT LOADING ERROR IN 3750X

oliver
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Hi , i have a question can some one help me out , i have got a 3750x 48 port swith but it is showing an boot loading error.

switch: boot

Loading "flash:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2.bin"...flash:/c3750

e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2.bin: no such file or directory

Error loading "flash:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2.bin"

Interrupt within 5 seconds to abort boot process.

Boot process failed...

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Gurpreet Kochar
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Hi Oliver,

The switch is in rommon

Please paste the output of "dir flash:" "dev" and "set" from the switch

Leo Laohoo
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Basically this means that your 3750X does not have a valid IOS to boot from.  The 3750X is a wee bit smart:  If you have the wrong boot variable it will go and look for a valid IOS BIN file until there is none.  This is what is happening to you.

Now there are two ways to solve this issue:  The easy way or the hard way

The hard-way is to follow Cisco's documentation and boot from ROMmon.

1.  set BAUD 115200 (this enables you to speed up the process from 4 hours to 50 minutes);

2.  Change your terminal baud rate to 115200;

3.  copy xmodem flash:

4.  UPLOAD option based on the terminal emulator software you are using.

5.  When done, undo the high-baud rate with the command "unset BAUD"

The easy-way.  The 3750E/3750X has a USB port.  This USB port can be used to enable the 3750X to boot a valid IOS from the USB port.

1.  NOT ALL USB STICKS ARE SUPPORTED;

2.  Format the USB stick with FAT16 before putting an IOS in it;

3.  Copy the BIN file into the USB stick;

4.  Command to boot the appliance from ROMmon using the USB stick:  boot usbflash0:filename.bin

Hope this works.

Thanks for the info, Leo - that was just what I needed (option 2).

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